Hello,
I have an Access db and need to get some tables from another Access db in a shared folder. I want to get the tables via VBA. I have the IP address of the location of the file. I was informed to use UNC (UNC ?).
HELP !

One way is to simply map a network drive letter to that folder then you can treat it as if it were a local file and link/attach to it like you would any other MDB table.

Hope this helps, Mitch

Thanks for your reply. I did the following

1. mapped a network drive letter to that folder
2. used the docmd code below to import the tables

DoCmd.TransferDatabase acImport, "Microsoft Access", "\\XXX.XX.X.XXX\D$\ACCESSDB.mdb", acTable, "txb1", "tbl1"

A UNC address is similar to an IP address, but easier, and safer to use. Like for example on the WWW, when you enter www.yahoo.com, a DNS (Domain Name Server) translates www.yahoo.com into 216.109.127.30, and connects you to Yahoo.com. A UNC address is a Universal Naming Convention for a local computer within your companies network. So in your application you could use the following:

\\<computer name where file resides>\<drive letter>\<folder name>\<file name> for example:
\\mycomputer\D$\myfolder\mybd.mdb could be a valid UNC address.

This way, if the computer uses a DHCP server to obtain an IP address, you will never have to worry about losing the connection because, although the IP address may change, it is almost impossible to change the UNC address. Use the UNC address whenever possible.



Skipmeok

Another way the UNC is better than a drive letter is that different computers may connect to the same network drive via a different drive letter. Your J: drive may be someone else's Q: drive. The letter is arbitrary. The actual network address is not. Using the UNC insures that both computers are referring to the same folder in the same network drive.

Greg Serrano
Michigan Dept. of Environmental Quality, Air Quality Division

Just wondered what the $ is doing in
\\mycomputer\D$\folder etc ?
I have sometimes used just the drive letter without problems.

Clive Astley

$ is used along with Drive letter only when you try to access the drive of the remote system with the Administrator privilege

You cannot access the Drives with $, using any other user privilege.

It is called the Hidden share.

Cheers!

-Vijay G